PMS is scanning multi-album in wrong way, putting disc into another album

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: plexinc/pms-docker:1.21.3.4046-3c1c83ba4
Player Version#: 4.52.1

I have 2 albums. They do have different names. I have set the Local Media Assets as the first album agent and have set Prefer local metadata to check.

Still, I’m not getting the expected outcome.

I already have this album already in my library: Made In Japan [Original 1972 Mix]. What follows next is that when I add a new version of that album with a different name Made in Japan [Remastered 1998] the Disc 2 will appear not for the correct Album, even though all metadata are set.

Let

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionUUID="1944a160-64a2-4852-aff7-c12a7d297974" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1613395348">
<Track ratingKey="102102" key="/library/metadata/102102" parentRatingKey="102101" grandparentRatingKey="43379" guid="plex://track/5d07d249403c6402905b07f4" parentGuid="plex://album/5d07c17d403c64029084b95b" grandparentGuid="plex://artist/5d07bbfc403c6402904a5dbb" type="track" title="Highway Star" grandparentKey="/library/metadata/43379" parentKey="/library/metadata/102101" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/23" grandparentTitle="Deep Purple" parentTitle="Made in Japan [Remastered 1998]" summary="" index="1" parentIndex="1" ratingCount="607132" parentYear="1972" thumb="/library/metadata/102101/thumb/1614289492" art="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" parentThumb="/library/metadata/102101/thumb/1614289492" grandparentThumb="/library/metadata/43379/thumb/1609390621" grandparentArt="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" duration="403000" addedAt="1614289489" updatedAt="1614289492">
<Media id="131790" duration="403000" bitrate="950" audioChannels="2" audioCodec="flac" container="flac">
<Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="166861" key="/library/parts/166861/1614274710/file.flac" duration="403000" file="/data-library/musics/flac/Deep Purple/(1972) Made in Japan [Remastered]/CD 01/01 - Highway Star.flac" size="47856890" container="flac" hasThumbnail="1">
<Stream id="312951" streamType="2" selected="1" codec="flac" index="0" channels="2" bitrate="950" audioChannelLayout="stereo" bitDepth="16" samplingRate="44100" displayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)" extendedDisplayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)">
</Stream>
<Stream id="312961" key="/library/streams/312961" streamType="4" codec="txt" format="txt" provider="com.plexapp.agents.lyricfind" displayTitle="TXT (External)" extendedDisplayTitle="TXT (External)">
</Stream>
</Part>
</Media>
<Extras size="0">
</Extras>
<Related>
</Related>
</Track>
</MediaContainer>

and

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionUUID="1944a160-64a2-4852-aff7-c12a7d297974" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1613395348">
<Track ratingKey="102109" key="/library/metadata/102109" parentRatingKey="102093" grandparentRatingKey="43379" guid="plex://track/5d07cdf2403c640290fab2b7" parentGuid="plex://album/5d07c17d403c64029084b95b" grandparentGuid="plex://artist/5d07bbfc403c6402904a5dbb" type="track" title="Black Night" grandparentKey="/library/metadata/43379" parentKey="/library/metadata/102093" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/23" grandparentTitle="Deep Purple" parentTitle="Made In Japan [Original 1972 Mix]" summary="" index="1" parentIndex="2" parentYear="2014" thumb="/library/metadata/102093/thumb/1614289282" art="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" parentThumb="/library/metadata/102093/thumb/1614289282" grandparentThumb="/library/metadata/43379/thumb/1609390621" grandparentArt="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" duration="377640" addedAt="1614289491">
<Media id="131797" duration="377640" bitrate="1013" audioChannels="2" audioCodec="flac" container="flac">
<Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="166868" key="/library/parts/166868/1614274710/file.flac" duration="377640" file="/data-library/musics/flac/Deep Purple/(1972) Made in Japan [Remastered]/CD 02/01 - Black Night.flac" size="47828299" container="flac" hasThumbnail="1">
<Stream id="312958" streamType="2" selected="1" codec="flac" index="0" channels="2" bitrate="1013" audioChannelLayout="stereo" bitDepth="16" samplingRate="44100" displayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)" extendedDisplayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)">
</Stream>
<Stream id="312968" key="/library/streams/312968" streamType="4" codec="txt" format="txt" provider="com.plexapp.agents.lyricfind" displayTitle="TXT (External)" extendedDisplayTitle="TXT (External)">
</Stream>
</Part>
</Media>
<Extras size="0">
</Extras>
<Related>
</Related>
</Track>
</MediaContainer>

I can’t see what I am doing wrong.

Any help?

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Couple of thoughts:

  1. I don’t know if this is true for music, but I think Plex ignores anything in brackets in the filename for movies. So maybe try parentheses around “Remastered.”

  2. In the embedded tags, is the ‘discnumber’ tag populated? If not, Plex will probably almost certainly have trouble with it.

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Hi, I just did the change from brackets to parentheses and the behavior it’s still the same.

Yes, the tag ‘discnumber’ is populated.

I went a little further and changes the name of the album altogether to see what happens, and oddly it still doesn’t work. And that’s more problematic, because the metadata is not being respected.

Follows the XML for tracks from the same album on different discs, but the track for the disc 2 is being matched to a completely different album and I don’t know why.

Track disc 1

<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionUUID="1944a160-64a2-4852-aff7-c12a7d297974" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1614092584">
<Track ratingKey="102159" key="/library/metadata/102159" parentRatingKey="102158" grandparentRatingKey="43379" guid="plex://track/5d07d249403c6402905b07f4" parentGuid="plex://album/5d07c17d403c64029084b95b" grandparentGuid="plex://artist/5d07bbfc403c6402904a5dbb" type="track" title="Highway Star" grandparentKey="/library/metadata/43379" parentKey="/library/metadata/102158" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/23" grandparentTitle="Deep Purple" parentTitle="Made In Japan - The Remastered Edition" summary="" index="1" parentIndex="1" ratingCount="607132" parentYear="1998" thumb="/library/metadata/102158/thumb/1614300475" art="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" parentThumb="/library/metadata/102158/thumb/1614300475" grandparentThumb="/library/metadata/43379/thumb/1609390621" grandparentArt="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" duration="403000" addedAt="1614300471" updatedAt="1614300475">
<Media id="131841" duration="403000" bitrate="950" audioChannels="2" audioCodec="flac" container="flac">
<Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="166912" key="/library/parts/166912/1614300288/file.flac" duration="403000" file="/data-library/musics/flac/Deep Purple/(1998) Made in Japan - The Remastered Edition/CD 01/01 - Highway Star.flac" size="47856890" container="flac" hasThumbnail="1">
<Stream id="313042" streamType="2" selected="1" codec="flac" index="0" channels="2" bitrate="950" audioChannelLayout="stereo" bitDepth="16" samplingRate="44100" displayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)" extendedDisplayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)"> </Stream>
<Stream id="313049" key="/library/streams/313049" streamType="4" codec="txt" format="txt" provider="com.plexapp.agents.lyricfind" displayTitle="TXT (External)" extendedDisplayTitle="TXT (External)"> </Stream>
</Part>
</Media>
<Extras size="0"> </Extras>
<Related> </Related>
</Track>
</MediaContainer>

Track disc 2

<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionUUID="1944a160-64a2-4852-aff7-c12a7d297974" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1614092584">
<Track ratingKey="102166" key="/library/metadata/102166" parentRatingKey="102150" grandparentRatingKey="43379" guid="plex://track/5d07cdf2403c640290fab2b7" parentGuid="plex://album/5d07c17d403c64029084b95b" grandparentGuid="plex://artist/5d07bbfc403c6402904a5dbb" type="track" title="Black Night" grandparentKey="/library/metadata/43379" parentKey="/library/metadata/102150" librarySectionTitle="Music" librarySectionID="23" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/23" grandparentTitle="Deep Purple" parentTitle="Made In Japan (Original 1972 Mix)" summary="" index="1" parentIndex="2" parentYear="2017" thumb="/library/metadata/102150/thumb/1614300348" art="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" parentThumb="/library/metadata/102150/thumb/1614300348" grandparentThumb="/library/metadata/43379/thumb/1609390621" grandparentArt="/library/metadata/43379/art/1609390621" duration="377640" addedAt="1614300476">
<Media id="131848" duration="377640" bitrate="1013" audioChannels="2" audioCodec="flac" container="flac">
<Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="166919" key="/library/parts/166919/1614300288/file.flac" duration="377640" file="/data-library/musics/flac/Deep Purple/(1998) Made in Japan - The Remastered Edition/CD 02/01 - Black Night.flac" size="47828299" container="flac" hasThumbnail="1">
<Stream id="313056" streamType="2" selected="1" codec="flac" index="0" channels="2" bitrate="1013" audioChannelLayout="stereo" bitDepth="16" samplingRate="44100" displayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)" extendedDisplayTitle="FLAC (Stereo)"> </Stream>
<Stream id="313059" key="/library/streams/313059" streamType="4" codec="txt" format="txt" provider="com.plexapp.agents.lyricfind" displayTitle="TXT (External)" extendedDisplayTitle="TXT (External)"> </Stream>
</Part>
</Media>
<Extras size="0"> </Extras>
<Related> </Related>
</Track>
</MediaContainer>
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